Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Aviation Minister asks DGCA to probe into cheap airfares scheme

New Delhui: Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has asked director general of civil aviation Prabhat Kumar to investigate whether airlines have been misleading flyers by offering discounted fares.
A top ministry official told MAIL TODAY that carriers would soon have to submit to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) data on discounted tickets offered in the past one year.
Raju has taken note of a complaint by Chennai-based Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) to DGCA alleging that discounted fare schemes were a gimmick as tickets were not available at the mentioned price.
APAI had alleged that these offers were merely a marketing stunt by airlines aimed at free publicity. APAI founder and national president D. Sudhakara Reddy wrote to Kumar that many of the discounted tickets are either sold out when a flyer tries to book a seat or the special offers do not exist.
29/10/14 Sanjay Singh/Business Today
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